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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. शौचम्śaucamPurity, clearness; काके शौचं द्यूतकारे च सत्यम् Pt.1.147.

    [शुचेर्भावः अण्]

    1. Purity, clearness; काके शौचं द्यूतकारे च सत्यम् Pt.1.147.
    2. Purification from personal defilement caused by voiding excrement, but particularly by the death of a relative; अपि यत्र त्वया राम कृतं शौचं पुरा पितुः । तत्राहमपि हत्वा त्वां शौचं कर्ताऽस्मि भार्गव ॥ Mb. 5.178.6.
    3. Cleansing, purifying.
    4. Vioding of excrement.
    5. Uprightness, honesty.
    6. Water (of libation); पुनीहि पादरजसा गृहान्नो गृहमेधिनाम् । यच्छौचेनानुतृप्यन्ति पितरः साग्नयः सुराः ॥ Bhāg.1.41.13.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -आचारः, -कर्मन् Neuter, -कल्पः a purificatory rite.

    • -कूपः A privy.

    In the Gita13·816·316·717·1418·42

    आचार्योपासनं शौचं स्थैर्यमात्मविनिग्रहः ॥

    ācāryopāsanaṁ śaucaṁ sthairyamātmavinigrahaḥ. — A total absence of wordly pride and arrogance, harmlessness, a candid soul, a tolerant, long-suffering and benignant heart, purity of mind and body… 13·8
    • शौचम्śaucamnominative or accusative singular of the neuter noun śauca (purity).
    Source: ApteApte entry
  2. अशौचम्aśaucam1 Impurity, dirtiness, foulness; Pt.1.195.
    1. 1 Impurity, dirtiness, foulness; Pt.1.195.
    2. Legal impurity or contamination; defilement caused either by child-birth (called जननाशौच) or by the death of some relation (called मृताशौच); it lasts for 1 days; during the मृताशौच a person defiled by it is not to touch anybody else, or to eat with others in the 'same row or to do any sacred action; अहोरात्रमुपासी- रन्नशौचं बान्धवैः सह Ms.11.183.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -अन्तः end of defilement.

    • -संकरः blending or coming together of two or more defilements.

    Source: ApteApte entry
  3. आशौचम्āśaucamImpurity, see अशौचम्; दशाहं शावमाशौचं सपिण्डेषु विधीयते Ms.5.59,61, 62,74,8; Y.3.18.

    [अशुचेर्भावः अण्; ParasmaipadaVII.3.3]

    Impurity, see अशौचम्; दशाहं शावमाशौचं सपिण्डेषु विधीयते Ms.5.59,61, 62,74,8; Y.3.18.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -निर्णयः Name of a work.

    Source: ApteApte entry

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. प्रतिशौचम्pratiśaucamind. at each purification, Baudh.

    indeclinable at each purification, Baudh.

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